This comes in a gigantic bottle. An initial flood of quite clearly Cabernet driven aromas quickly tightens up revealing a rather restrained array of black currant, vanilla, mulberry, tobacco and allspice driven aromas. This is tight in the mouth with a pop of mistiness on entry. Powerful and dense, yet elegant and transparent, this is very tight today with fine balance between the oak influence and the reticent fruit which comes off as rather red fruited. The tannins are obvious but nicely polished and dusty with cinnamon and allspice flavors. This really is striking, still too young but it has excellent balance and is not plagued with excessive fruit or concentration that might throw things out of balance in the future. The finish is long if a touch light today, with an almost raspberry freshness on the finale. Very attractive showing the great balance and freshness. 93pts